The Payment of Wages (Puducherry Amendment) Act, 1970

(1) This Act may be called the Payment of Wages (Pondicherry Amendment) Act, 1970. (2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Pondicherry.

In sub-section (2) of secrion 7 of the Payment of Wagts Act,1936 (Central Act 4 of 1936) (hereinafter referred to as the prirlcipal Act), after clailse (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- " (dd) deductions for electricity supplieg to the employed person by the Electricity Department of the Government of Pondicherry;"

After section 11 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely :-

Deductions in respect of electricity. 11-A. The Employer shall, if so required by a requisition in writing, by the Electr~city Departmefit of the Government of Pondicherry or by an officer authorised by it in this behalf, make the deductions authorised under clause (dd) of sub-section (2) of section 7 from the wages of the employed person and remit the amount so deducted in such manner as the State Government may, by or special order, specify.